Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

My noble friend has got it wrong: it is about safeguards. I am talking about safeguards, not powe...

I apologise for intervening in the Minister’s speech, but given that he has just been interrupted...

I can indeed do so. Extraterritoriality was assumed by the Government to be part of RIPA, and rig...

My Lords, we are grateful to the Minister for his explanation of the content of the Bill before u...

My Lords, it is clear to me, having served as a police officer for more than 30 years, how import...

My Lords, I should say at the outset that I am satisfied that the Government need the legislation...

My Lords, in view of the support for the proposals in the Bill, which has been voiced by the last...

My Lords, I have to start —like the noble Lord, Lord Butler, who made such an excellent contribut...

My Lords, I am not going to labour the importance of communications data in serious criminal tria...

My Lords, this debate has clearly attracted the attention of a large number of experts on this su...

My Lords, I join noble Lords who have expressed their regret—the noble Lord, Lord Butler, did so ...

My Lords, I start by saying that our nation needs secret intelligence agencies and the clue as to...

My Lords, I do not propose—indeed I am not qualified—to comment on the ruling of the European Cou...

My Lords, I begin by reminding the House of my involvement with the All-Party Parliamentary Group...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, I have some problems with the Bill. It is utterly wr...

My Lords, like most noble Lords who have spoken, I support the Second Reading of the Bill on the ...

My Lords, it was on a Wednesday in July, like today, just over nine years ago, on 7 July 2005, th...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, for that bril...

My Lords, we have heard a number of speeches this evening which, unfortunately, have been dismiss...

My Lords, I start my contribution to this debate with the words of Benjamin Franklin, in a letter...

My Lords, when Tim Berners-Lee famously typed his message “this is for everyone” at the start of ...

My Lords, I am glad to follow two such courageous, perceptive and challenging speeches, with whic...

My Lords, it is an honour to follow such a speech from the noble Lord, Lord Judd. I feel that I h...

My Lords, I support the Bill, which is an essential stop-gap measure.

We must continue with...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, who knows a lot about this ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for allowing me to speak. I will be brief, not least in view of the...

This Bill was the subject of just nine hours of discussion and debate in the House of Commons yes...

My Lords, this debate has been an exceptional debate, not only because we are dealing with someth...

This is a very important point. I am sympathetic to the longer sunset, but I do not understand wh...

For a start, not only will there be a review of this piece of legislation on a six-monthly basis,...

My Lords, the Minister has given answers to a lot of the questions that have been raised, but I s...

My Lords, I do not think that the Government consider that that was a satisfactory way to deal wi...

My Lords—

Perhaps the noble Lord will allow me to answer other people’s questions.

The noble Lord, Lo...